[Stones] Silbury time capsule

[Mark White]

How come I always find myself agreeing with Andy's point of view? He might 
be a bit more prosaic than Ric or Littlestone, but he seems to have the edge 
every time. Cheers Andy
mw x


>
>I got some Silbury photos from Skanska Civil Engineering, link posted
>below. These are from June before the weather turned. I was surprised to
>see what a big civil engineering operation it is.
>Bearing in mind the sharp end of the work is underground and probably
>not requiring the big diggers at this stage you might not see any action
>from outside.
>Andy
>Ric wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > i visted Silbury Hill on Sunday afternoon [19 August
> > 07], it was bedraggled with construction site
> > equipment (inert), workers' portacabin extempore
> > village (no sign of life), persistent drizzle and lots
> > of chalky mud everywhere; the catepillar diggers have
> > left a wide muddy track all the way round one side of
> > Silbury; there is a forlorn visitors' information
> > point, roadside of the hill, with a flimsy sign fixed
> > to the fence, fluttering in the grey breeze. there are
> > neither visitors nor experts in bright yellow, hard
> > hats, enthusiastically disseminating words of wisdom:
> > the spot is entirely vacant. above the tunnel entrance
> > is marked out - in blue rope - the shape of a long
> > subsidence, running up the hill, directly over the
> > tunnel. before the ominous-looking, shuttered entrance
> > to the re-opened tunnel stands a motionless mechanical
> > digger, apparently abandoned? the entire site is
> > eerily silent and resembles more the messy aftermath
> > to some awful catastrophe, rather than the sprightly
> > prospect of an efficient EH project, so deftly filmed
> > for PR posterity several years ago, when the initial
> > steps were being taken to stabilise the hill, and
> > ultimately restore it? where are the cameras,
> > state-of-art technology, helicopters, snappy press
> > releases, smart presenters and television experts now?
> > what is happening at Silbury? what is happening to
> > Silbury?!

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